Comedian to help Amazon reboot the 1999 sci-fi comedy film

Aug. 18, 2017

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The “Galaxy Quest” TV revival is moving ahead at
warp speed.

Amazon, the studio adapting the 1999 sci-fi comedy for the
small screen, has tapped comedian Paul Scheer to write the script, according to the Hollywood Reporter. He takes over for Robert Gordon, who co-wrote the original film.

The show is described as a fresh take on the feature, which starred Tim Allen, Alan
Rickman, and Sigourney Weaver as actors on a
defunct "Star Trek"-like TV series who are mistaken for a real life starship crew and beamed into space. Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, Tony Shalhoub, Rainn Wilson, and Justin Long also starred in "Galaxy Quest," though its unclear which actors might reprise their roles.

Amazon reportedly had ambitions to reboot "Galaxy Quest" as a series
awhile back, but the plans were scrapped in the wake of Rickman's unexpected death in
2016. “We were ready to sign up, and [then] Alan Rickman passed away and Tim
Allen wasn't available … It was going to shoot, like, right now. And how do you
fill that void of Alan Rickman? That's a hard void to fill," Rockwell said
last April.